Stacking The Shelves #93 – BB&B #43
Stacking The Shelves, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews is all about the latest additions to your library – virtual or actual, with books that are bought, borrowed, won or ARCs you will be reading soon. BB&B is a homage to to Barron’s Books and Baubles from Karen Marie Moning’s amazing Fever series, and is hosted by Braine over at Talk Supe. For the second week in a row, I’ve been very good – only three more books added to my kindle! YAY me 🙂
ARCs:
Knave of Broken Hearts (Love in Laguna #2) – Tara Lain
Jim Carney has a full time job—running from himself. Since he walked out on his wealthy family at sixteen because he’d wrecked his best friend’s life over some yaoi graphic novels, Jim has lived a macho, blue-collar existence of too much booze and too little responsibility. Then Billy Ballew, the man Jim most admires, gives Jim a chance to come through as his construction supervisor. For once, Jim is determined to make someone proud. Then Jim goes in for a physical for his new job and his yaoi dream comes to life in the form of cardiologist Ken Tanaka. Jim discovers he has two heart problems—a wonky mitral valve and a serious attraction to his doctor. But Ken is a major player, and Jim might be just a notch on the doc’s stethoscope. To Ken, Jim is unforgettable—but the living embodiment of his traditional family’s worst nightmares.
How come the minute Jim decides to be responsible, he finds himself taking care of his kid brother, getting a proposal from a wealthy woman, making a deal with the devil, and winding up in the hospital—when all he really wants is the Knave of Broken Hearts?
I received the ARC of Knave of Broken Hearts directly from Tara Lain after tweeting that Brandee @ Bookworm Brandee and I were planning to buddy-read the first book in this series. Thank you Tara!
Kindle Purchases:
Ricochet – Keri Lake
The only sure way to destroy a man is to take what he cannot live without.
Three years ago, I had everything.
A beautiful wife.
A son.
A reason for living.
Until a ruthless task force, assembled under Mayor Michael Culling, with a brutal strategy to make the streets of Detroit ‘safe’, ripped away everything I loved in a deadly hunt called The Culling.
They tried to kill me, too. I wish they had. Now I’m cursed by the memories of that night, and the words I whispered to my dying wife.
A promise—to avenge the wrong and set it right.
I’m no longer Nick Ryder. I’m a masked vigilante. Faceless. Loveless. Fearless. A man with nothing left to lose—one who’s seen the dark and violent truth behind the city’s flawless veneer.
Michael Culling doesn’t know who I am. Or what I want. All he knows is that I’ve kidnapped his beautiful wife.
An eye for an eye—isn’t that how the saying goes? And Aubree Culling is the perfect pawn to destroy him.
If she doesn’t destroy me first.
I wish I remember where I read a review Ricochet, because I went straight ahead and one-clicked it!
For Fallon (Chicago Syndicate #1) – Soraya Naomi
We all have a façade, a concealed mask we wear to portray ourselves to the world.
Fallon’s mask is real, what you see is what you get. Growing up with two loving parents in Chicago, graduating in Chicago, and now working a job she loves, she enjoys her life.
Her untarnished world is shaken when Luca crosses her path.
Luca’s mask is tightly controlled. Distrust, rivalry, and violence rule his life.
When confronted with insecurities, when the one you love wears his mask perfectly, when your life unravels and you don’t know why, do you keep trusting the person you love?
Everyone has a façade. Everyone has an ulterior motive.
Did you get some exciting-looking books this week? Remember to leave me your link so I can check out your Stacking the Shelves and or Bought, Borrowed and Bagged post, too 🙂 Thanks for stopping by! Have a spectacular Saturday.
oh I have heard some great things about Tara Lain, and the blurb sounds like its a fun book!!
I love Tara Lain’s books, Renee! You should definitely check one out when you have some time on your hands!
It’s good when you feel you have snatched back control of the tbr even if it’s just for a couple of weeks! Hope you enjoy your new books!
Yeah, but at the same time, I don’t think I’ll ever have complete control over my TBR 😉 Thanks for stopping by, Chuckles!
Ooh nice! Those are all totally new to me! Hope you enjoy them all!
My STS will be up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by then!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
Thanks Jessica 🙂
I haven’t heard of any of these but happy reading!
Tsuki’s STS
Thanks Tsuki 🙂
All your books are new to me this week. They look amazing.
Grace @ Books of Love
I look forward to reading them, Grace 🙂
I’m with the others…all of these books are new to me as well. Hope you enjoy!
Happy Reading!
Thanks, Stacey 🙂
Your books are new to me too! I hope that you enjoy them all. 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Thanks Chrissi 🙂
Oh I love all the covers there! I hope you’ll enjoy them all. happy reading!
Thanks Melliane 🙂
I´m supposed to have a full stop on buying books, but suddenly I found myself ordering “Anna and the french kiss” by Stephanie Perkins and “Every last word” by Tamara Ireland Stone. Ooops 🙂 I have to admit; I can´t wait to read them 🙂 🙂
That’s how I am every single week, too, Anette… I plan on not adding any new books, but end up adding several 😉 Ha en fantastisk uke!
For Fallon sounds really interesting. This is the first I’ve heard of it but I may have to add it to my TBR.
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
I’m following the author’s facebook page, and have seen this around quite a bit. It looks good, no? Thanks for stopping by, Krystianna.
Oooohhhhh, Ricochet sounds SOOOOO good! I just added it on Goodreads. I might need to just go buy it. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, that’s how I was too, Cheryl, impossible to resist, my one-click-finger was twitching!
NGL – I fanned myself a little after seeing the Ricochet cover. 🙂
Enjoy all of your awesome books this week!!
My STtS
Ha! That’s awesome Jess 🙂
Those are all new to me but they sound really intense. I hope yo like them! And it’s awesome when authors know you’re interested in a book and they just send it to you. 🙂
I know, right? Tara Lain is always very nice in her interactions with fans on Twitter. Thanks for stopping by, Bea 🙂
Hope you enjoy all of the books you got! 🙂 The cover for “For Fallon” is really interesting!!
Here is my StS
Justin @ Justin’s Book Blog
I hope so, too, Justin 😉 Thanks for stopping by.
Twitter: bmreviewsohmy
Hope you enjoy your new reads! 🙂
Happy reading,
Stormi
Thanks Stormi 🙂
Guess what, Lexxie?? We have 2 books recently acquired in common. Can you guess which ones? I bet you can. I got my copy of Knave of Broken Hearts this morning. *squee* And I also one-clicked Ricochet. They’ll both appear on my BB&B post next weekend. 🙂 I’m looking forward to our buddy reads, my dear. And I hope your weekend was wonderful! **BIG HUGS**
For Fallon sounds like a great pick. Hope you enjoy your books and this week!
Twitter: talksupeblog
Heck yeah for Ricochet! I hope you love it!
I hope so, too, Braine!